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Description

On January 10, 1901, at Spindletop, a little knoll of land rising out of a swampy prairie, the first great oil gusher roared in. Lucas Gusher signalled the opening of the vast oil deposits of the Texas Gulf coastal plain and Louisiana to development and the beginning of the modern era of the American petroleum industry. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, November 13, 1966

National Register information

Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.

Status

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 13, 1966